so what do ya'll think of the new nba ball?

梅雨

it is now the time where i hate the weather for about 4 months (from june -> sept) because of:

A. rainy season
where it rains almost every day for a whole month, makin' travelin' a real hassle

B. heat & humidity
i have no problems with heat (summers in sac that reached 110+) but the frickin' humidity. bein' from cali, there is not such thing as humidity.

C. typhoon season
wtf!?! it's just like rainy season but add in strong winds.

da nba draft is in less than 24 hrs. there aren't really big names in this year's draft which makes it even more interestin'. the current mock drafts are all over the board. add that to the drama of: jordan's new job with the bobcats, larry brown firing/thomas coaching, trade talks with names like: kg, ai, & matrix.

so the world cup is almost down do da elite 8 or quarterfinals. both japan and usa played like crap and didn't deserve to advance imho. did ya'll see the rugby match between portugal & holland? dat ish was crazy. i predict a germany vs. brazil final.

in closin', here's the results of a nation-wide poll of japanese men aged 18 to 30 which female celebrity they would want as a girlfriend.


til next time,

kaz out...

things have been goin' aite.

some stuff that i've been doing for the past 2 months or so:

- moved into a new place

here are pics of my empty place. it was a good 3 years...




- hung out with my big sis jamie and her friend aileen



- back to back hanami @ 代々木公園 & 薬園台公園

















- went to the sakura city tulip festival, didn't know there were that many kinds of tulips

















- grubbin' brazilian bbq for ikko's bday. saw ramos, the first brazilian to play in the japanese professional soccer league.

this was for ikko's belated bday/anniversary


this was for me findin' a job


the remains after gettin' run thru by aki


love me my chile wine...we killed about 3 bottles of this stuff


新潟
with ami, sho & joe.























































sports day













- met up with jan & chester and had dinner w/yoshi, shizu, yoko @ this place in tsudanuma. afterwards, headed over to 茶茶 and had early morning sushi.





- one day while walking back to the station after work, as i passed thru the gates, i realized that i dropped my jacket somewhere on the way. when i retraced my steps, i saw my jacket on the bushes with an old man just waiting. he said he saw me drop my jacket and just walk away. so he picked it up and waited for me to return!?! crazy, huh? ain't no way that's happenin' back home...

- kicked it with gavin's friends for da first time out in tokyo. all of them went to cal state at some time so it was just a trip to talk bout all these local places with japanese ppl in japan of all places.

- a few weekends ago, junji had some extra tix to the vmaj's (mtv japan video music awards). it was interesting to finally see an awards show live rather than watchin' it on tv. the vibe was totally different. the highlights were: seein' amuro namie in person for the first time & watchin' koda kumi perform. probably the biggest thing was seein' the king of pop himself, m.jackson for the very first time. would've been koo to see him perform but oh well.


ami's bday





















- eugene & satomi had their baby shower and satomi's mom came all the way from akita. she and her sisters made a huge feast and we grubbed on homemade pizza, various asparagus dishes (she brought 25 lbs. with her), danzu & botan mochi and of course, akita udon. there were a lot of kids there which made it a little loud but was good to hangout with all my "nephews".

軽井沢と草津